Obit: Alonzo Johnston, Caddo Parish, La Submitted by: Grant Johnston, Chico, CA Date: Aug. 2001 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** 01 Sep 1895, Dec 1977 Services for Alonzo Johnston, 82, of Heflin will be at 2 p.m. today in the Wellman's Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Billy O. Smith, Pastor of Southside Baptist Church officiating.Graveside services and burial will also be at 4 p.m. today in Pelican Cemetery. Mr. Johnston died at 10:30 A.M. Friday at Midway Manor Nursing Home after a long illness. A Pelican native, Mr. Johnston had lived in Heflin 22 years. He was a retired dairyman and a Baptist. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Inez Johnston of Shreveport; one son, Ollie B Johnston, of Shreveport; a daughter, Mrs. Oby D. Shefield of Lakeland, Fla; two brothers, Frank Johnston of Shreveport and Wernick Johnston of Minden; two sister, Mrs. Ernest Davis of Shreveport and Mrs. Amanda Valintine of Mansfield; seven grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. ALONZO JOHNSTON 01 Sep 1895 Dec 1977 Durring the 1950s he owned a dairy on Mansfield Rd at about 40th Ave. ********************************************************